The Form N-600k Application For Citizenship And: Fill & Download for Free

It’s not a matter of which is “easier”. You have to fill out the correct form that applies in the circumstances, not the form which is easier.You cannot file Form N-400 for a minor; minors cannot be naturalized using Form N-400. Except for certain extraordinary situations, minors can only be naturalized in the United States by derivation. The primary pathway for the naturalization of a minor is under INA 320, 8 U.S. Code § 1431: a minor child is naturalized automatically when:(1) At least one parent of the child is a citizen of the United States, whether by birth or naturalization.(2) The child is under the age of eighteen years.(3) The child is residing in the United States in the legal and physical custody of the citizen parent pursuant to a lawful admission for permanent residence.At the first moment that all three of these conditions are true simultaneously, the child becomes, automatically by operation of law, a US citizen. A person who has become a US citizen by the operation of INA 320 may get documentary proof of this fact, in the form of a Certificate of Citizenship, by filing Form N-600 (Application for Certificate of Citizenship). A parent may file Form N-600 on behalf of their minor child. Do not file Form N-400 in this situation; if you file Form N-400 and USCIS determines that you are already a citizen due to INA 320 (or any other provision of law), your N-400 application will be denied, your N-400 fee will not be refunded, and you will have to file a separate N-600 application with separate fees to get your Certificate of Citizenship.However, to get condition (3) above true, you’ll first have to arrange for your child to “resid[e] in the United States … pursuant to a lawful admission for permanent residence”. For that to happen, you’ll have to file an I-130 petition to have your child immigrate as your immediate relative, have that petition granted, have your child issued an immigrant visa, and have your child arrive in the United States using that immigrant visa. If your child is in the US already, in some other status, you may instead skip the issuance of the visa and move directly to filing the N-600 once the I-130 petition has been granted.If you are a US citizen and meet certain residency requirements, or if either of your parents is a US citizen and meets certain residency requirements, your child may alternatively be granted citizenship under INA 322 (8 U.S. Code § 1433) without an I-130 petition. In this case, you would file Form N-600K instead of Form N-600, and your child will become a citizen at the first moment she is physically present in the United States in any legal status, provided all other conditions of INA 322 are met. Note that INA 322, like INA 320, also operates automatically as a matter of law, and so if its conditions have occurred at any time in the past (even if without intent to cause naturalization), your child has already acquired citizenship, and you need only file Form N-600K to obtain proof. (The requirement to swear the oath of allegiance in INA 322 is waived for children under 14.)Note also that if your child was born a US citizen, you cannot file an I-130 petition for them because citizens cannot immigrate to the United States. If your child was born a US citizen, but you did not obtain a CRBA (Form FS-260 or its predecessor, Form DS-1350) before she turns 18, she will need to file Form N-600 to have a Certificate of Citizenship issued for her in order for her to obtain proof of citizenship. Once she has her Certificate of Citizenship, she can then apply for a US passport. If she is not yet 18, you may still be able to file for a CRBA, which you should do at a consulate in the country where she was born (if at all possible).You might want to consult with an attorney. US naturalization and nationality law is complicated, and many people, especially in uncommon situations, are easily and understandably confused as to what their legal status is.

Because Barry Obama dodged it when he raised rates on other Immigration services in 2016. Rates had not increased in six years, and the costs were outweighing the revenue. Rate increases were recommended in 2012 and 2014, but Barry kicked the can down the road. The costs could just no longer be absorbed.Among the rates that Obama did increase were: The fee for Form N-600, Application for Certificate of Citizenship, and N-600K, Application for Citizenship and Issuance of Certificate Under Section 322, will increase from $550 or 600 to $1,170. Over 83%. USCIS Announces Final Rule Adjusting Immigration Benefit Application and Petition FeesWhatever source you read probably neglected to report that, like the Obama increases, reduced fees will be available to people with limited incomes. So it’s not the big push against poor people the Left would have everyone believe, and Mr. Trump isn’t Scrooge or a racist. The recommendation was made by the career bureaucrats, you know, like the ones who think they should be running foreign policy at the State Department.

It is possible to have your child naturalised as a US citizen. There are several requirements:Are you the foreign-born child of a parent who becomes a U.S. citizen?Children of U.S. Citizens Residing Outside the United StatesChildren residing outside of the United States may obtain citizenship under Section 322 of the INA. A child who regularly resides outside of the United States is eligible for naturalization if all of the following conditions have been met:The child has at least one parent, including an adoptive parent, who is a U.S. citizen by birth or through naturalization;The child’s U.S. citizen parent or U.S. citizen grandparent meets certain physical presence requirements in the United States or an outlying possession;The child is under 18 years of age;The child is residing outside of the United States in the legal and physical custody of the U.S. citizen parent, or of a person who does not object to the application if the U.S. citizen parent is deceased; andThe child is lawfully admitted, physically present, and maintaining a lawful status in the United States at the time the application is approved and the time of naturalization.Note: Children of U.S. citizen military members residing outside the United States may complete the entire process from abroad. For more information, see our Military Citizenship for Family Members webpage.For more information, see the USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 12, Part H, Children of U.S. Citizens. To apply for citizenship under INA 322, please see our Form N-600K webpageand read the instructions carefully to ensure that you qualify.